Improvement in shipper-levers



' I. F. HDYT.

Shipper-Levers. N0.'149,l29, PatentedMarch 31,1874.

UNITED STATES ISAAC F. HOYT, GLENVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELFAND- J. R. BILLING, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIPPER-LEVERS.

Specitication forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,129, dated March31, 1874; application filed March 7, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC F. HOYT, of Glenville, inthe county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedShipper-Lever, of which the following is a specication:

My invention consists of the handle portion ofthe lever jointed to themain portion, and provided with a curved extension beyond the joint in aslot in the other portion, which raises the spring-catch out of thenotches of the quadrant-bar, when the handle, after being taken in handby the operator, is turned into line with the principal part of thelever for handling it.

Figure l is partly a plan view and partly a horizontal section of myimproved shipperlever, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Similar letters of vreference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the principal portion of the shipperlever. B is the handle portion;C, the springcatch, and D the notched quadrant-bar for holding the leverby the spring-catch. The handle portion B of the lever is pivoted to theend of part A, in a slot, E, and has a curved projection, F, extending ashort distance along said slot under the end of the spring C, which isattached to the side of the part A of the lever, and at its end bendsinto the slot a little.

The spring presses on the point F, and throws handle B a little out ofline With part A, when it is free to press the bit C into the notches.When the shipper is to be moved, the handle is turned into line withpart A, and thereby it disconnects the spring-catch from the bar D.

This is a cheaper and simpler arrangement than the ordinary catch andtrip-lever attachment to shipper-levers.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The handle portion B of a shipper-lever, constructedand jointed to the portion A, in combination with the spring-catch C,substantially as speciiied.

ISAAC F. HOYT.

Vitnesses JOSHUA S. MOSHER, SOLOMON REYNOLDS.

